Coelorachis
Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas., its taxonomic status is confused.
Taxonomy
The genus Coelorachis was erected by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart in 1831. Two misspellings have created some confusion. In 1836, Stephan Endlicher used the spelling Coelorhachis. In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller used the spelling Coelorrhacis., sources varied in their treatment of the genus. Some treated it as a synonym of the genus Mnesithea. Others, like the World Flora Online, treated it as a synonym of the genus Rottboellia. Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of the genus Eremochloa.
; SpeciesCoelorachis afraurita Stapf - tropical AfricaCoelorachis aurita A.Camus - tropical America from Chiapas + Trinidad to ParaguayCoelorachis balansae A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, ParaguayCoelorachis cancellata Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, VietnamCoelorachis capensis Stapf - Cape Province, KwaZulu-NatalCoelorachis clarkei Blatt. & McCann - India, MyanmarCoelorachis cylindrica Nash - southeastern + south-central USACoelorachis geminata Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand, KalimantanCoelorachis glandulosa Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar IslandsCoelorachis helferi Henrard - Pen Malaysia, IndochinaCoelorachis impressa Nash - CubaCoelorachis khasiana Stapf ex Bor - Yunnan, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, MyanmarCoelorachis lepidura Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, MozambiqueCoelorachis parodiana Henrard - Paraguay, ArgentinaCoelorachis ramosa Nash - tropical America from Veracruz to southern BrazilCoelorachis rottboellioides A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines, Lesser Sunda IslandsCoelorachis rugosa Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New JerseyCoelorachis selloana A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, ParaguayCoelorachis striata A.Camus - Yunnan, Indochina, eastern HimalayasCoelorachis tessellata Nash - USA Coelorachis tuberculosa Nash - Cuba; USA
; formerly included
see ''Eremochloa Hemarthria Lasiurus Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia''